Proposals for the future upgrade, management and landscaping of the TokaiManor precinct will be presented at a public open day on Tuesday, 7 February.The open day will be held in the historic Tokai Manor house which now formspart of the Table Mountain National Park.

SANParks has appointed a team of experienced planning, environmental andheritage specialists to prepare the proposals. The consultant team is led by oneof Cape Towns’ leading planners, Derek Chittenden, (‘BlueGreen’planning+design) and includes landscape architects (Viridian); traffic specialists(Trafficon) and engineers (de Villiers Sheard) with Trevor Thorold as theheritage architect and specialist.

The planning process to date has involved preparing a detailed Baseline Study;workshops with recreational user groups (cyclists, horse riders, dog walkersetc); discussions with heritage, local and provincial authorities; preparing aheritage statement and drafting a variety of proposals for the precinct. Thesewill be presented for comment at the Open Day.

SANParks sees the precinct becoming an important multi-purpose ‘gateway’into the Park accommodating both heritage and biodiversity conservation aswell as recreational and tourism opportunities.

Park Manager, Paddy Gordon says it is an exciting step forward for the Park asTokai Manor has long been identified as its future head office and as a majorgateway into the Park. “We have already made great strides in securing thelong term agreement with Province for the Manor House and with the upgradeof the braai site which is currently well underway”.

Two priority projects have already been identified. These are the upgrade of theTMNP section of Tokai Road (from the Zwaanswyk Road turn off) to the ManorHouse and the relocation of TMNP’s head office from Westlake to the precinct.R11 million has been secured by SANParks from the National Department ofEnvironmental Affairs’ Infrastructure Development Fund for these priorityprojects.

The site for the new TMNP offices will be identified through the precinct planprocess. Whilst this is underway, the TMNP Westlake office will move intoTokai Manor and adjacent buildings in March 2012. These will serve as interimoffices until the new offices are ready.

The Tokai Manor Precinct Plan public open day will take place on Tuesday, 7thFebruary 2012 from 16h00 to 19h00 at Tokai Manor.

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